Thursday, April 05, 2012

Seven Open Secrets About This Journey

2. Life, truth and beauty all share the same root with their opposites. You cannot experience any of them without experiencing their opposites. Cut off one stem of the root and you stunt the other

3. All is transitory. Without this utter transitoriness, life would not cherish itself. Without this utter transitoriness, beauty could not achieve the exquisite, nor truth arrive at the unspeakable.

4. At every twist and turn, you are given a choice between the pairs of opposites.

5. But it is not really a choice. Because you cannot choose until you have felt life, truth and beauty for yourself; and once you have felt them, you cannot choose their opposites. (Even if from within a twisted psyche you think you might choose the opposite, you are really only choosing what you imagine to be a nobler life, a deeper truth or a greater beauty.)

6. You cannot fully experience life, beauty or truth from within the polarity of the opposites; you can only fully experience them from the root, from the source itself.

7. The pairs of opposites are cooked away in the brew made from the great root at the source of all. When you sip that brew, the doors of perception are opened wide, and you experience life, truth and beauty from the indivisible point at which the transitory and the eternal are resolved into a timeless circle.

This blog now focuses on exploring new language for the truths of the ancient future, and reflects insights into Vajrayana Buddha Dharma, Kashmir Shiva-Sakti philosophy, Hatha and Tantra Yoga, the Shamanic path, and other aspects of the world's collective mystical heritage. It also offers commentary on art, music, literature, human rights, sustainability, independent journalism, economic justice and the Climate Crisis.

For much of his life, Power worked in the fields of security and intelligence. He delivered briefings and led training in forty countries, and was an adviser to governments and corporations. His views have been featured in interviews on CNN, PBS, NPR and the BBC, and quoted in mainstream news media, including Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters and Associated Press.